...one by one. Sometimes a digit at a time. From the Associated Press: President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday accelerated its dismantling of the Education Department, delegating much of its work to protect the nation’s at-risk students. The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of civil rights in education, while the Department of Health and … Continue reading They’re Not Eliminating The Department of Education; They’re Amputating Its Limbs…

...the relationships that are fractured in schools as well as communities and the hemorrhaging of the leadership pipeline in our schools. From the Learning Policy Institute: That site also includes a tool to calculate the cost of repacing a teacher. And we do have a lot of vacancies. This is just for classroom teachers (not … Continue reading The Cost Of Replacing A Teacher? About 25K And That Doesn’t Include…

It's called HB1130. It does a lot of things that might help retain teachers in North Carolina. That NC Newsline story linked above also mentions the current Republican lawmakers' proposals to raise teacher pay. “As best we can tell, (this is) the largest average teacher pay increase at least since 2006, and one of the … Continue reading This NC Veteran Teacher Likes This Teacher Pay Bill

And it's deliberate. While we are about to enter the 26-27 school year, we are still running on budget that was made in 2023. Yet,

Suggestion #1 on how to make immediate improvements for WSFCS this coming year can be found here. Here's Suggestion #2: do not allow courses taken at the local community college have influence on the transcript at the home high school. No, I am not saying that we should keep students from taking dual-enrollment courses. What … Continue reading Stop Allowing Dual Enrollment To Affect High School GPA/QPAs (Suggestion #2)

In what might have been the toughest year to be a teacher in WSFCS (including the pandemic), a few days away from the classroom can offer some time to reflect and try and understand what made this school year so hard. Yes, the budget debacle is still front and center and the county commsion's refusal … Continue reading We Need To Revisit The Code of Conduct (Suggestion #1)

On the same day that parents like myself who have children with special needs receive this request: ... the WSFCS Board of Education did this:

The most current numbers for the following as of June 10: SNAP Recipients Average Gas Price Average Milk Price Average Egg Prices Average Bread Price Average Beef Price Consumer Confidence Presidential Approval Rating Federal Interest Rate Dow Jones Index Inflation Rate NC Tax Rates NC Minimum Wage Unemployment Rates Unemployment Benefits Number of People Who … Continue reading June 2026- Numbers To Consider

I’ll pay more. I’ll pay more in property taxes to help fund our public schools. I’ll pay more to make sure that our exceptional children with law-binding IEPs get the services they require before lawsuits from special needs parents start gaining traction in the court system and ultimately make the district pay more in the … Continue reading Open Letter To Forsyth County Commisioners About Budget Vote

I’ll pay more. I’ll pay more in property taxes to help fund our public schools. I’ll pay more to make sure that our exceptional children with law-binding IEPs get the services they require before lawsuits from special needs parents start gaining traction in the court system and ultimately make the district pay more in the … Continue reading 12 Reasons Why I Would Pay Higher Property Taxes